The northern province of Bac Ninh has become the ninth province in
the country hosting an exhibition of maps and documents affirming
Vietnam ’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly)
archipelagos.

Vietnamese communities in Japan and Laos have demonstrated their
sense of solidarity with compatriots at home in a protest against
China, which illegally towed its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam
’s
waters in early May.

More than 200 Vietnamese people in Canada on May 31 congregated in
front of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa to raise their objections to
China’s illegal placement of its oil rig deep in Vietnam ’s exclusive
economic zone and continental shelf, which has seriously violated
Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty.